[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Buy from a breeder/ L A new law
- From: "Arcturus" <Arcturus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "thelist" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <DOGSRLUV@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:52:49 -0400
HI Deb and Stormy,
I do agree with you on the invasion of privacy. I wouldn't like that either,
although here in Pa. we have kennel licensing laws and we are inspected twice
yearly. This really isn't a problem at all. It takes about 10 minutes and he's
gone. I guess what scares me, and I realize few people get to see what I see,
is how big these puppy mills are getting. I live in Lancaster County where the
Amish and Mennonite farmers have taken to dog breeding with a vengeance. You
can't tell anymore what is going in...if its a big chicken house or a dog
breeding operation. These buildings are easily $100,000 buildings with state of
the art lighting and ventilation systems. Where does an Amishman get that kind
of money? Not from himself or the Amish Church, but from bigger corporations
such as the Hunte company. They hold hundreds of dogs! The dealers come in
with air-conditioned tractor trailers and pick up puppys. When things are
slow, the Amish try and sell locally because the dealers won't pick up what
they don't need. I don't know what happens to the pups that are no longer cute
and unsaleable, but as a groomer I see the ones they do sell. Want a 35 lb
Bichon? Howabout a Shih Tzu who's lower jaw is a half inch longer than her top
jaw and she can't close her mouth. A poodle who has such a poor hair coat it
hangs down like a Maltese ( who knows, maybe it is half maltese), a cocker
who has one ear attached higher to its head than the other one ( actually, I
see quite a few like this) and the list goes on... meanwhile the amount of dogs
living in a 2' x 2' cage grows, and while we sit back and don't address the
situation the animal rights groups do. They are the ones reaching the public's
ear. They aren't telling people to go to a reputable breeder. I think we
better wake up and look why the AKC is contracting to petstores. Maybe they
feel its already to late for us.
I'ld like to point out that no where have I read that LA is "judging whether
you can breed or not". They have stated they are not after the purebred
fanciers. IF you have shown your dog in the last year, if its titled, or if its
a police service dog, or assistance dog it does not need to be neutered. Does
that mean you can't breed Labradoodles or multi-poos ? Probably. If you want
to develop a new breed than I would guess you have to move, because they don't
want you dumping your experiments in the local pound. On the other hand, if
you belong to a rare breed group and own purebred rare breed(s) and can show
them you are active in the club and show your dogs in some sort of venue then
you are okay. What is wrong with communicating and education about what you
are doing? Again, JMO, SueT
----- Original Message -----
From: DOGSRLUV@xxxxxxx
To: Arcturus@xxxxxxxxxxx ; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Buy from a breeder/ L A new law
In a message dated 9/13/2006 2:06:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
Arcturus@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
So, that just means the every puppy miller want-a -be, or the people who
want to breed the dog to show the kids the miracle of life cannot do it. What
is the problem with that? Wouldn't that eliminate the pet store puppies?
Where are they going to get them if not from the puppy mills? Won't that put
the dog breeding business back in the hands of the true fanciers? Either that
or its going to fill up our classes and give handlers a boom like they've never
seen <G>!! Seriously, the LA commissioners were quoted as saying they are not
trying to hurt
the purebred dog people, they just want to eliminate the casually bred
dogs that fill up the pound. JMO
Sue, to a point I do agree with you. This is why my pet puppies are sold on
a spay and neuter contract. I have lost some sales over that but I don't care,
I don't want my babies out there getting bred to death by people who haven't a
clue.
The concern is, there are way to many ways around the law and all it does is
invade everyone privacy. Please read everything there is a lot more to the
Law, that truly is not good.
I have already had many inquiries about joining our Club in California.
People entering dogs at shows so they don't have to neuter them... Yes, good
for handlers, club memberships maybe but still "invasion of privacy". That
part is absolutely no good.
JMO
Deb
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